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JAMES LEON THOMAS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1950 – October 12, 1968
Service recordJames Leon Thomas JR, of Beech Grove, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 55
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Beech Grove, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 55
- JOHN WESLEY VALENTINEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON WASSERMANPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- DONALD RAY WEBBCorporal · October 12, 1968
- JOHN ROBIN WIESTCaptain · October 12, 1968
From Beech Grove
- LARRY JAMES PIERSONLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- RONALD LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH LARKINSSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- MICHAEL STEPHEN CARTERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.